To charge (money) in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal speech: ko-BRAR
IPA: /ko.’bɾaɾ/

7 months ago

cobrar info.

Tips to remember the word “cobrar”:
1. Associate “cobrar” with the idea of receiving money for a service or product, as a cobra snake receives its prey.
2. Think of “cobrar” as “to collect” money, and the “o” in “cobrar” can remind you of “owe,” as in collecting what others owe you.
3. Remember the common phrase “cobrar vida,” which means “to come to life”; envision bringing life to your “wallet” by collecting payments.

Explanations:
“Cobrar” primarily means “to charge” in the sense of requesting or receiving payment for goods or services provided. It can also mean “to cash,” as in cashing a check, or it can be used metaphorically, such as “to come to life” or “to take effect.”

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Facturar: to invoice
– Recaudar: to collect or gather (often used for funds or taxes)
– Percibir: to perceive or to collect (money in the sense of salaries, etc.)

Conjugations of “cobrar”:
1. Present Tense:
– Yo cobro (I charge)
– Tú cobras (You charge)
– Él/Ella/Usted cobra (He/She/You formal charge)
– Nosotros/Nosotras cobramos (We charge)
– Vosotros/Vosotras cobráis (You all charge – Spain)
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cobran (They/You all formal charge)

2. Preterite Tense:
– Yo cobré (I charged)
– Tú cobraste (You charged)
– Él/Ella/Usted cobró (He/She/You formal charged)
– Nosotros/Nosotras cobramos (We charged)
– Vosotros/Vosotras cobrasteis (You all charged – Spain)
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cobraron (They/You all formal charged)

3. Imperfect Tense:
– Yo cobraba (I used to charge)
– Tú cobrabas (You used to charge)
– Él/Ella/Usted cobraba (He/She/You formal used to charge)
– Nosotros/Nosotras cobrábamos (We used to charge)
– Vosotros/Vosotras cobrabais (You all used to charge – Spain)
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cobraban (They/You all formal used to charge)

4. Future Tense:
– Yo cobraré (I will charge)
– Tú cobrarás (You will charge)
– Él/Ella/Usted cobrará (He/She/You formal will charge)
– Nosotros/Nosotras cobraremos (We will charge)
– Vosotros/Vosotras cobraréis (You all will charge – Spain)
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cobrarán (They/You all formal will charge)

Examples of sentences using “cobrar”:
– Mañana voy a cobrar mi cheque de trabajo. (Tomorrow I will cash my work check.)
– La empresa cobra una tarifa por servicio. (The company charges a service fee.)
– Después de la exposición, el artista cobró fama. (After the exhibition, the artist gained fame.)
– El mago hizo que la estatua cobrara vida. (The magician made the statue come to life.)
– Siempre cobro mis deudas. (I always collect my debts.)

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